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Geotropic

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ge·ot·ro·pism  (j-tr-pzm)
n.
The growth of a living organism in response to gravity, as the downward growth of plant roots.

geo·tropic (j-trpk, -trpk) adj.
geo·tropi·cal·ly adv.


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Burro's tail (Sedum morganianum), a slow-growing plant, consists of porcelain, pale blue jelly-bean leaves that will eventually produce geotropic chains 3 feet (or longer) in length.
It has been observed more than once that the whole of human history proves to be rooted in the earth, but it is Americans who are believed to be peculiarly Antaean, or geotropic, they expect daily to be shown tangible matter so that they might come directly into contact with it: "the solid earth
To help increase your crop, earth up the soil around the young stems as this will encourage more geotropic (attracted to earth) shoots.
 
 
 
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